Medicine

Who is at risk for silicosis?

Link to this answer

CloseClose

Link to this answer

Share this credible answer with others. Simply paste this code into your blog or Web page:

<a href="http://qanda.encyclopedia.com/question/risk-silicosis-312764.html" >Who is at risk for silicosis?</a>
E-mail this answer Link to this answer

Free silica is dispersed in the air and inhaled by workers engaged in the mining of lead, hard coal, and gold, in cutting sandstone and granite, in sandblasting, and in the manufacture of silica abrasives.

Answer verified with
Get more facts and information about silicosis . Or, view the full encyclopedia entry from The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition.

Similar questions: Silicosis poses a threat to which professions? How can someone get silicosis? [ Hide these questions ]

Related research questions

Related research articles

Recent findings from Center for Health Protection, Department of Health...
Newspaper article from: Biotech Week ...the compensational assessment of silicosis," scientists in Hong Kong, People...Republic of China report (see also Silicosis Risk Factors). "Local reference values...construction/quarry workers and silicosis patients. Only men aged 20-74...
Guangxi miners die of silicosis, highlighting national health risk.
Newspaper article from: China Business News Guangxi miners die of silicosis, highlighting national health risk Shanghai. April 26. INTERFAX...Region, have recently died of silicosis, with a further 20 in a serious...with most suffering from silicosis. According to the World Health...
Silicosis Screening in Surface Coal Miners -- Pennsylvania, 1996-1997.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ...sites in Pennsylvania were screened to estimate the prevalence of silicosis, to identify risk factors for silicosis, and to refer miners with a possible diagnosis of silicosis or other conditions for medical evaluation and treatment. This report...
Silicosis: dangerous from many angles.(STONE COLUMN)
Magazine article from: Stone World ...solid handle on silicosis and the risks it presents--both real and...that since smoking increases the risk of silicosis, it bans its employees from...stone industry members understand silicosis and its risks, there are also many new stoneworking...
Silicosis in dental laboratory technicians--five states, 1994-2000.
Newspaper article from: Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report ...also place technicians at risk for silicosis (1-3). During 1994...identified nine confirmed cases of silicosis among persons who worked in...exposure to crystalline silica. Silicosis cases in Michigan, New Jersey...Notification Systems for Occupational Risks (SENSOR) surveillance program...
See all results at HighBeam

HighBeam gives you access to newspaper, magazine, and trade journal articles plus press releases, facts, information, and biographies from thousands of sources.